This site is for announcements for The International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS) at The World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP). See http://www.world-academy-of-science.org for the WORLDCOMP Web site.

You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration. All acceptedpapers will be published in printed conference books/proceedings (ISBN)and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexedin science citation databases that track citation frequency/data foreach paper. The proceedings of WORLDCOMP congress that FCS is partof, enjoys a high number of citations; over 25,000 citations so far.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading themto the evaluation web site at: http://world-comp.orgSubmissions must be uploaded by April 12, 2012 and they must be ineither MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all figures,tables, and references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). Allreasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors ofaccepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting formatto prepare their final papers for publication.) Papers must not havebeen previously published or currently submitted for publicationelsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of thepaper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for eachauthor. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Authorand a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the contentof the paper. The name of the conference (ie, FCS) that the paper isbeing submitted for consideration must be stated on the first page of thepaper as well as a 100 to 150-word abstract. The length of the finalCamera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEEstyle) pages.

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality,significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictoryrecommendations, a member of the conference program committee will becharged to make the final decision (accept/reject); often, this would involveseeking help from additional referees by using a double-blinded reviewprocess. In addition, all papers whose authors include a member of theconference program committee will be evaluated using the double-blindedreview process. (Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may beconsidered for discussion/panels).

Authors whose papers are accepted will be instructed to upload their papersto a particular web site for publication - the uploaded papers to thepublication web site will only be checked for correct typesetting. At thispoint, authors will be required to attest to the originality of their work(ie, declaring that no part of the work is plagiarized and the paper does notsuffer from any acts of plagiarism.)

Proceedings of FCS will be published in printed conference books (ISBN)and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed inscience citation databases that track citation frequency/data for eachpublished paper (science citation databases such as: Inspec / IET / TheInstitute for Engineering & Technology; The French National Center forScientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (covers the core scientificliterature in Science; about 90% of inclusions are journals; only about 9%are proceedings; worldcomp tracks are selected to be among the 9% - accessablefrom INIST, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, and STNInternational); and others. Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedingswill also be included in EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings, in the past, theproceedings in which FCS was part of (PDPTA and WORLDCOMP) was included inthese databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings forindexing procedures to EI Compendex/Elsevier. The printed proceedings/bookswill be available for distribution on site at the conference.

In addition to the publication of the proceedings, selected authors will beinvited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in anumber of research books contracted with various publishers - these books willbe composed after the conference. Also, many chairs of tracks will be formingjournal special issues to be published after the conference.

SUBMISSION OF POSTER PAPERS:

Poster papers can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow the same instructionsthat appear above (see, SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS) except for the submissionis limited to 2 pages. On the first page, the author should state that "Thispaper is being submitted as a poster". Poster papers (if accepted) will bepublished if and only the author of the accepted paper wishes to do so.

An important mission of WORLDCOMP is "Providing a unique platform fora diverse community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers,developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concertedeffort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities(such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies,and research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress alsoattempts to connect participants from institutions that have teaching astheir main mission with those who are affiliated with institutions thathave research as their main mission. The congress uses a quota system toachieve its institution and geography diversity objectives."

One main goal of WORLDCOMP is to assemble a spectrum of affiliatedresearch conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a coordinatedresearch meeting held in a common place at a common time. This modelfacilitates communication among researchers in different fields ofcomputer science, computer engineering, and applied computing. TheCongress also encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinaryresearch initiatives; ie, facilitating increased opportunities forcross-fertilization across sub-disciplines.

MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF PROCEEDINGS:

The proceedings of the WORLDCOMP enjoys a high number of citations. As ofMarch 2012, papers published in each track of the proceedings havereceived the following number of citations: 252 citations to BIOCOMPpapers; 116 to CDES papers; 65 to CGVR papers; 55 to CSC papers; 271 toDMIN papers; 69 to EEE papers; 1,286 to ERSA papers; 504 to ESA papers;176 to FCS papers; 9,408 to FECS papers; 157 to GCA papers; 75 to GEMpapers; 2,172 to ICAI papers; 1,529 to ICOMP papers; 1,247 to ICWN papers;571 to IKE papers; 255 to IPCV papers; 137 to MSV papers; 5,239 to PDPTApapers; 496 to SAM papers; 1,390 to SERP papers; and 177 to SWWS papers.In total, over 25,600 citations have been made (so far) to paperspublished in the proceedings of this federated joint conferences. Referto the URLs below to see the actual citation numbers (each is a link toa live search and so it may take a few seconds for the data to pull up):

You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration. All acceptedpapers will be published in printed conference books/proceedings (ISBN)and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexedin science citation databases that track citation frequency/data foreach paper. The proceedings of WORLDCOMP congress that FCS is partof, enjoys a high number of citations; over 25,000 citations so far.

SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading themto the evaluation web site at: http://world-comp.orgSubmissions must be uploaded by March 27, 2012 and they must be ineither MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all figures,tables, and references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). Allreasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors ofaccepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting formatto prepare their final papers for publication.) Papers must not havebeen previously published or currently submitted for publicationelsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of thepaper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for eachauthor. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Authorand a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the contentof the paper. The name of the conference (ie, FCS) that the paper isbeing submitted for consideration must be stated on the first page of thepaper as well as a 100 to 150-word abstract. The length of the finalCamera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEEstyle) pages.

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality,significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictoryrecommendations, a member of the conference program committee will becharged to make the final decision (accept/reject); often, this would involveseeking help from additional referees by using a double-blinded reviewprocess. In addition, all papers whose authors include a member of theconference program committee will be evaluated using the double-blindedreview process. (Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may beconsidered for discussion/panels).

Authors whose papers are accepted will be instructed to upload their papersto a particular web site for publication - the uploaded papers to thepublication web site will only be checked for correct typesetting. At thispoint, authors will be required to attest to the originality of their work(ie, declaring that no part of the work is plagiarized and the paper does notsuffer from any acts of plagiarism.)

Proceedings of FCS will be published in printed conference books (ISBN)and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed inscience citation databases that track citation frequency/data for eachpublished paper (science citation databases such as: Inspec / IET / TheInstitute for Engineering & Technology; The French National Center forScientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (covers the core scientificliterature in Science; about 90% of inclusions are journals; only about 9%are proceedings; worldcomp tracks are selected to be among the 9% - accessablefrom INIST, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, and STNInternational); and others. Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedingswill also be included in EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings, in the past, theproceedings in which FCS was part of (PDPTA and WORLDCOMP) was included inthese databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings forindexing procedures to EI Compendex/Elsevier. The printed proceedings/bookswill be available for distribution on site at the conference.

In addition to the publication of the proceedings, selected authors will beinvited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in anumber of research books contracted with various publishers - these books willbe composed after the conference. Also, many chairs of tracks will be formingjournal special issues to be published after the conference.

SUBMISSION OF POSTER PAPERS:

Poster papers can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow the same instructionsthat appear above (see, SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS) except for the submissionis limited to 2 pages. On the first page, the author should state that "Thispaper is being submitted as a poster". Poster papers (if accepted) will bepublished if and only the author of the accepted paper wishes to do so.

An important mission of WORLDCOMP is "Providing a unique platform fora diverse community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers,developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concertedeffort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities(such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies,and research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress alsoattempts to connect participants from institutions that have teaching astheir main mission with those who are affiliated with institutions thathave research as their main mission. The congress uses a quota system toachieve its institution and geography diversity objectives."

One main goal of WORLDCOMP is to assemble a spectrum of affiliatedresearch conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a coordinatedresearch meeting held in a common place at a common time. This modelfacilitates communication among researchers in different fields ofcomputer science, computer engineering, and applied computing. TheCongress also encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinaryresearch initiatives; ie, facilitating increased opportunities forcross-fertilization across sub-disciplines.

The proceedings of the WORLDCOMP enjoys a high number of citations. As ofMarch 2012, papers published in each track of the proceedings havereceived the following number of citations: 252 citations to BIOCOMPpapers; 116 to CDES papers; 65 to CGVR papers; 55 to CSC papers; 271 toDMIN papers; 69 to EEE papers; 1,286 to ERSA papers; 504 to ESA papers;176 to FCS papers; 9,408 to FECS papers; 157 to GCA papers; 75 to GEMpapers; 2,172 to ICAI papers; 1,529 to ICOMP papers; 1,247 to ICWN papers;571 to IKE papers; 255 to IPCV papers; 137 to MSV papers; 5,239 to PDPTApapers; 496 to SAM papers; 1,390 to SERP papers; and 177 to SWWS papers.In total, over 25,600 citations have been made (so far) to paperspublished in the proceedings of this federated joint conferences. Referto the URLs below to see the actual citation numbers (each is a link toa live search and so it may take a few seconds for the data to pull up):